Buttonhole-fly for trousers.



CHARLES W. BARTRUM, OF NEWBURGH, NEW YORK.

BUTTONHOLE-FLY FOR TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed April 3. 1906. Serial No. 309,695.

To whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. BARTRUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at N ewburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Buttonhole-Flies for Trousers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a construction of buttonhole-flies for trousers in which the necessity for the obtrusively conspicuous line of stitching following the length of the fly in the usual construction is obviated, and thus the appearance of the front of the trousers improved, such improvement being specially noticeable in full-dress trousers.

The invention consists of a buttonhole-fly for trousers stitched to the cloth of the trousers wholly on the inside and between the edge of the fly, the side seam, and the waist.

In the accompanyin drawings, illustrating the invention, in t e several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a pair of trousers, the garment being shown distended. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with the front open and also open along the inside seam of the left leg. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line A B of Fig. 2, on a larger scale.

The right-hand side of the trousers may be made, and is here shown as made, in usual style. The lefthand side of the garment has the cloth extending unbrokenly across the front of the fly and without any lines of stitching extending in the direction of its length.

The buttonhole-fly 1, instead of being a strip of the cloth and a facing of substantially the width of the buttonhole-strip, may be, and preferably is, a piece of linen or other strong and thin cloth of a length extendin from about the waistband to the crotch and from the edge of the fly back to the side seam 2, so that there is no line of stitches immediately back of the buttonholes, as in the old construction, and the garment can be made "very flat and symmetrical in front.

stitching is irregular and there is a skip-stitch or a knotted thread the irregularities show in this prominent and conspicuous place. Again, the fly is often out of line with the buttonholes, being stitched closer to the buttonholes in some places than at others, resulting in wrinkles. The ordinary fly, therefore, must be applied with a great deal of care, so that the front of the trousers may not be marred. A fly constructed in accordance with my invention obviates the difficulties and defects above mentioned and enables the workman to finish the trousers with great accuracy, and so as to secure an exact fit. Moreover, the trousers are more comfortable to the wearer when the bunch of thick cloth ordinarily used is replaced by the thin fly of the present invention.

As already indicated, the fly may be made of linen or other strong material, or, if desired, the same cloth as that of the garment may be used in making it or any portion of it. What I claim is 1. A buttonhole-fly for trousers, composed of a piece of cloth containing the buttonholes and a facing connected thereto back of the buttonholes, said fly attached to the edge of the trousers by means of the outer edge only of the facing, and said piece of cloth extending to and stitched in the side seam of the trousers, whereby exposed lines of stitching adjacent to the trousers-opening are avoided.

2. A buttonhole-fly for trousers, composed of a single piece of cloth extending from the edge of the trousers-opening to the seam side of the trousers and containin the buttonholes, and a facing connected tIierewith back of the buttonholes, said fly being attached to the trousers by having the outer edge only of the facing stitched to the col e of the trousersopening, and the edges of t e cloth stitched in at the waist and side seam of the trousers, whereby exposed lines of stitching at the trousers-opening are avoided.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of April, A. D. 1906. CHARLES W. BARTRUM.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. KETOHAM, O. C. BARNETT.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 828,918, issued August 21, 1906,

upon the application of Charles W. Bartrum, of Newburgh, New York, for an improvement in Buttonhole-Flies for Trousers, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 97, the Words seam side should read side seam; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 18th day of September, A. D., 1906.

[SEAL] E. B. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

